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A number of years ago, I met a new friend via instagram. She was trying to visit all 400+ National Park units, a goal I was nearing completion of*. So I offered to get together for happy hour so I could impart some of the hard-earned lessons I had learned...
My long road trips usually involve passing through countless rural outposts of what is known as small town America. Often, the easiest place to grab a bite is at some fast food chain; many times, it's the only option available. If I can eat inside, I usually do. And inside...
A quick roundup of my month of concerted blogging for #WeblogPoMo2024. My goal for #WeblogPoMo2024 was 31 posts. I knew I wouldn't stick to a rigid one-per-day cadence, as we originally had three trips totaling 15 days away planned for the month (in fact, we were supposed to be en...
The first time I heard the term "mini retirement" was in Tim Ferriss’s (unfortunately named book) The Four Hour Workweek. The underlying idea is to not wait to do stuff that's important to you until a future that may not arrive; that with a bit of planning and (ahem) "lifestyle...
I love many of the new, simple blogging platforms—Scribbles, Pika, Micro.blog, Bear Blog, omg.lol, and so forth. They're useful for helping you get words on page without much fuss. You don't worry about endlessly tweaking your design, because there really isn't much of one. Like social media, it's more standard...
I wrote about a conversation I had with a friend a number of years ago. It's informed how I approach new things. [28/31] for #WeblogPoMo2024 [30/100] for #100DaystoOffload
...is a fucking mess. Just a total shitshow. Somebody help me!! Here’s what I’ve got. My main site is rscottjones.com, and that’s where I’ve tried to keep all the action. That’s my permadomain. It’s an old Wordpress install that’s undergone numerous...we’ll call them “eras.” A personal blog for the longest...
I wrote about the most important possession I own on the web: my permadomain. You should have one, too. [26/31] for #WeblogPoMo2024 [28/100] for #100DaystoOffload
I wrote a bit about my love/hate relationship with GPS during roadtrips. [25/31] for #WeblogPoMo2024 [27/100] for #100DaystoOffload
I’m a big fan of travel quests—a goal to visit a particular set of places, usually one that involves “visiting all the ________________.” So it catches my attention when someone writes a book that, well, could be a quest. Here are a bunch of ideas for anyone writing such a...
Last year, we put together a dedicated charging kit for our tent when we go camping. It's nothing special, but makes things a bit easier to have everything we need in one place. [23/31] for #WeblogPoMo2024 [25/100] for #100DaystoOffload
My dad passed away recently after spending the last four years in an assisted living facility after a sudden health crisis in 2020. But for 20 years before that, he was a near-daily regular at his local pub, The Dubliner. Yesterday, I returned to the Dub for the first time...
I wrote about what I think is the best way to price a book, and also explained the "why" behind the price of my own book. [21/31] for #WeblogPoMo2024 [23/100] for #100DaystoOffload
I wrote about how I repurposed my 2008-era MacBook Pro into a free ChromeOS browser-based computer for an elderly friend who just needed something simple to access websites. [20/31] for #WeblogPoMo2024 [22/100] for #100DaystoOffload
I couldn't sleep last night, and ended up reviewing a bunch of instagram stories from 2020, starting with the hospital visit that began my dad's health crisis. Man, that was a rough year. ROUGH. Dealing with my dad's sudden decline and transition to an assisted living facility was hard enough,...